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PALATIAL doesn’t begin to describe this Coolbinia mansion. Covering 450sqm, this Carnarvon Crescent house is bigger than most of today’s blocks, and there’s still room for a very generous 392sqm of landscaped gardens and a Great Gatsby-style swimming pool. Built in the 1940s, this four-bedroom home has great art deco heritage, with soaring decorative ceilings,…
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Don’t Let Heavy Periods Weigh You Down Menorrhagia is the medical term for menstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding in consecutive cycles. Although menorrhagia is a common concern, it does not mean there is anything seriously wrong. If your heavy periods cause blood loss and pain to the point that you can’t maintain your usual activities, talk to your…
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SINGLE-use plastic bags could be a thing of the past in Vincent after councillors voted “in principle” to ban them. City staff will now prepare a report on the costs and ramifications of a ban and write to the state government, requesting that it considers a state-wide fatwa. East Freo town and Fremantle councils have…
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SWATHES of traders and city residents are responding to John Carey’s call for ideas to revitalise East and West Perth. The newly elected Perth Labor MP says locals’ suggestions will be brainstormed at the first ever “Perth City Summit”. “The idea has exploded, we’ve had a lot of local interest,” he says. Mr Carey says…
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VINCENT will become the “Art Capital of WA” under a new council plan that will banish stuffy old policies and red tape. The plan aims to make “art a part of the day-to-day operations of the city’s administration across all functions” and will include more affordable artist spaces and studios through the town, more funding…
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PERTH councillors may finally be able to give their opinions on council matters, with CEO Martin Mileham supporting a push to let them speak their minds. For at least two years Cr Reece Harley has fought to loosen city guidelines that restrict councillors from speaking to the media, only allowing the lord mayor and CEO…
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VINCENT ratepayers are looking at a 2.7 per cent increase in rates. The draft figure is still to be approved by council. The proposed increase is higher than CPI (1.5 per cent), but mayor Emma Cole said, “I think the rate increase is a very modest increase and it is about striking a balance. “It…
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The 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum to recognise Aboriginal people in the census was marked with the launch of Vincent council’s new Reconciliation Action Plan last Saturday.
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SINGLE-USE plastic bags could be regulated in Perth, with Cr Jemma Green tabling a motion at Tuesday’s committee meeting to look into their use. Her motion asked staff to prepare a report on how to regulate use of plastic bags, while also examining the “impact on traders’ economic turnover”. Cr Reece Harley supported the motion,…
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Flying the rainbow flag CONTRARY to the letter by Mr Frederick David (“Keep Politics out of Council”, Voice, May 27, 2017), I fully applaud Bayswater and Fremantle councils for joining with the city of Vincent and Port Hedland, and publicly affirming their rate-paying LGBTI residents by flying a rainbow flag and supporting marriage equality. The…
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